Mohave County miner., 1887-02-19
LEGISLATIVE PRocEEDlsGs.
FsrDAY. February lltl.

The aitcrpoon session OF the honse
yesterday was occupied in reading The
code commission bill.
In the council this morning Lyons IN
tsodnced his bill, No. 40, TO define the
boundaries Of Yuma county, which pro-
yides for adding to il large siice Of Mar
icopa eonnty.
Watkins, by request, introduced No.
Al, providing for the reorganization oftie
militia OF tho territory. This is very
elaborate bull and II passed win place
the militia Of the territory on nearly an
equal footing with the regular army.
The house bill, abolishing the Office Of
commissioner OF immigration, put in an
appearance from the committee TO which
IL was referred, and Was knocked colder
than wedge by the governors allies,
the vote standing 5 TO 5, the president
and Mr.. Burdick t..ng paired On the
bill.
The following voted In favor Of the bin
and economy: Anderson, Breed, Drake,
Goodrich and Robertson, while Blinn,
Foster, Lyons, stevens and Watkins yot-
ed nay.
Six absentees were reported In the
house this morning again.
Wores' dentistry bill was reported back
to the house again with amendments.
Bills were introduced:
BY Smith, No. Go, for the settlement
Of disputed county boundarie4
BY Adamson, "a, relating TO the remoy-
al Of county seats and providing how the
same can be made.
BY oliyer, by request, 81, to provide for
the payment Of the claim Of Samuel Hill,
amounting to s775, for work ON the Nor
mai school building.
BY Fisher, house resolution No. s, pro
siding for a committee OF ten, one from
each county, TO draft a bill in relation to
fees Of officers.
The speaker appointed the following
committee: Fisher, Adamson, Baker,
Collins, Doran, Heyne, Leatherwood,
Ming, Smith and Triple.
The house got into a snarl over the
county court bill. A motion was made
that the rules be suspended and that II
be considered engrossed and have third
reading. The motion was lost, and the
speaker ruled that the vote killed the bill.
He Is sustained in his ruling by good par
liamentarfans. but the house took differ
ent view OF II and made it the special or
der for tomorrow at 10 o'clock.
The code commission bill concerning
trials was passed, when recess was TAX
en- until O'Clock this afternoon.
SATURDAY, February 18th.
Saturday seems to be an off day Will,
the Legislature, or at least to-day was.
The session Of the council was very
briei this morning, no business being
transacted aside from the routine Of
prayers, reading minutes and reports.
The house received the code COM
mission bills, introduced and passed
in the council, being numbers SO, 81, SO,
80.
FELTON, introduced house bill, No. 81 TO
amend chapter 90 OF the compiled laws
Of Arizona, entitled "roads and high
ways"
= MONDAY, February 14,h.
On Saturday afternoon after consider
able parliamentary sparring in the house
the cntanglements which had surrounded
the bill abolishing county courts were
removed from 1t and it was passed as
amended
The sessions OF both houses this morn.
ing were somewhat protrscted.
In the council three bills were intro
duced as follows:
By Blinn, No. AZ, an act TO amend an
act concerning the commissioner Of immi
grafton and defining the duties thereof
| making reduction Of salary and perqui
sites Of this official.
BY Robertson, No. 43. bill amending
an act establishing public school sys
tenn and providing for the maintenance
Eof public schools, and their supervision
BY Drake, No. rs, an act to prevent
/ the introduction OF diseased cattle into
the territory.
Six absentees we're reported in the
house again this morning, most Of them
being on the sick list.
Judge Peel Was excried for one da,
and Trippel was excused for one week.
Speaker Webb gave notice that hi
would introduce bill amending the act
creating the Office OF commissioner Of inn
migration.
| Ming introduced house resolution No
ES, asking for the appointment Of com
mittee Of five to investigate tie conduc
OF the insane asylum commissioners a
recommended in the governors message
The following were appointed: Ming
Adamson, Doran, FELTON, snd smith.
Andrews bill No. SO, abolishing th,
Office Of superintendent Of public instruc
tion, which was made special order
was, on motion Of Andrews, laid on tn,
table. ....
Andrews, introduced house bill No. 81
| an act concerning attachments and Gar
nishments, which was read, under sns
pension Of rules, first second and thirc